Just about every time someone uploads a YouTube clip of themselves up on YouTube, somewhere in the back of their minds is that this might be a clip that goes viral -- that becomes the Next Big Thing on YouTube, a video that will bring them fame if not fortune.
Somewhere around 99.99% of people who upload videos to YouTube never realize this dream. But Brandon Hardesty was one who actually did realize this dream and parlayed his love of certain movies and his acting ability into, well, fame.
The Washington Post Magazine did a 6,000 word article on Hardesty and his videos.
I don't want to give anything away from the article, but go ahead and read it. It's worth it, trust me. I would never lead you wrong.
To the right is an example of one of his earliest videos, a reenactment of a famous scene from the '80s teen angst-fest that was The Breakfast Club.
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